● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
Strengths
● The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
● The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
● The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Weaknesses
● As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
● As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.